Asia Pacific | PROMOTING LAMBA new marketing program is making its debut to t...
Asia Pacific
PROMOTING LAMB
A new marketing program is making its debut to the Australian lamb industry.
EXPORTS SOAR
Australian beef exports increase substantially in major global markets.
BOARD BATTLE
Beef producers call for the Meat and Livestock Australia board to resign over animal identification dispute.
CJD case confirmed by Royal Melbourne Hospital
First to medical news that a case of the rare brain disease CJD or Creutzfeldt Jacob's has been confirmed by Royal Melbourne Hospital.
RSPCA extends campaign against live exports
The RPSCA is stepping up its campaign to ban the export of live animals from Australia
Europe
England issues vCJD warnings to at-risk transfusion recipients
As many as 25,000 Britons will receive letters from the U.K.'s Department of Health warning them that they may have been exposed to variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, the human form of bovine spongiform encephalopathy.
BSE occurrences decline in France
A study of test results from millions of French cattle shows that the incidence of BSE has declined significantly since regulations requiring the removal of specified risk materials (SRMs) from cattle feed and dead animals from the meat processing and bone meal industries in 1996.
PRICE WARS
Ireland’s beef cattle producers ask processors to cease cutting beef prices.
Americas
RECORD BEEF EXPORTS
Argentina has seen exports of beef increase by more than 50 percent in the first half of the year.
Mexican's livelihood erodes
Farming isn't what it used to be in Mexico's heartland.
USA
Sheep and lamb producers may receive USDA aid
As part of the proposed 2004 Ewe Lamb Replacement and Retention Payment Program, sheep and lamb producers who have recently experienced reduced production and flock size, low prices and have been negatively affected by poor market conditions may receive up to $18 million from the Department of Agriculture's Farm Service Agency.
Beef Checkoff partners with Quiznos to promote steak sandwich
NCBA is partnering with sandwich chain Quiznos to introduce a new Steakhouse Beef Dip Sub, which will be sold at participating Quiznos stores through October 17.
Asia Pacific
PROMOTING LAMB
A new marketing program is making its debut to the Australian lamb industry.
EXPORTS SOAR
Australian beef exports increase substantially in major global markets.
BOARD BATTLE
Beef producers call for the Meat and Livestock Australia board to resign over animal identification dispute.
CJD case confirmed by Royal Melbourne Hospital
First to medical news that a case of the rare brain disease CJD or Creutzfeldt Jacob's has been confirmed by Royal Melbourne Hospital.
RSPCA extends campaign against live exports
The RPSCA is stepping up its campaign to ban the export of live animals from Australia
Europe
England issues vCJD warnings to at-risk transfusion recipients
As many as 25,000 Britons will receive letters from the U.K.'s Department of Health warning them that they may have been exposed to variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease, the human form of bovine spongiform encephalopathy.
BSE occurrences decline in France
A study of test results from millions of French cattle shows that the incidence of BSE has declined significantly since regulations requiring the removal of specified risk materials (SRMs) from cattle feed and dead animals from the meat processing and bone meal industries in 1996.
PRICE WARS
Ireland’s beef cattle producers ask processors to cease cutting beef prices.
Americas
RECORD BEEF EXPORTS
Argentina has seen exports of beef increase by more than 50 percent in the first half of the year.
Mexican's livelihood erodes
Farming isn't what it used to be in Mexico's heartland.
USA
Sheep and lamb producers may receive USDA aid
As part of the proposed 2004 Ewe Lamb Replacement and Retention Payment Program, sheep and lamb producers who have recently experienced reduced production and flock size, low prices and have been negatively affected by poor market conditions may receive up to $18 million from the Department of Agriculture's Farm Service Agency.
Beef Checkoff partners with Quiznos to promote steak sandwich
NCBA is partnering with sandwich chain Quiznos to introduce a new Steakhouse Beef Dip Sub, which will be sold at participating Quiznos stores through October 17.